Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, IconIn the first full biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. Poitier is a gifted actor, a great American success sto |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
POVERTY AND PROGRESS | 5 |
Patches 19271943 | 7 |
Great Migrations 19431945 | 25 |
Stages 19451949 | 43 |
RACE MAN | 61 |
Message Movies 19491952 | 63 |
Black Lists 19511954 | 84 |
Long Journeys 19631964 | 208 |
ALONE IN THE PENTHOUSE | 229 |
Crossroads 19651966 | 231 |
Useful Negroes 19661967 | 253 |
Last Hurrahs 19671968 | 277 |
THROUGH PLAYING GOD | 313 |
Exiles 19671971 | 315 |
Survivors 19721978 | 337 |
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